[Advaita-l] Real vs. Unreal

[Nithin Sridhar]

There are two types of Jnani- Jivanmukta and Videhamukta.

The former sees the pot as pot yet he realizes that it is Brahman who has
manifested as pot.
The latter has completely Become Brahman and hence He alone exist.

In either case, there is no Ajnana present after Jnana has dawned. In the
case of Jivanmukta, there is what is called as Avidya-Lesha, a trace of
avidya due to which he still maintains the body. Just as a person in whom
fear was caused due to mistaking rope as snake, the fear and shivering
lingers in him for few seconds even after knowing that it was rope,
similarly, Jnanis stay in the world for sometime as Jivanmukta's due to
remaining Prarabda karmas.

This should answer your Question.

Nithin




On Thu, Dec 12, 2013 at 2:09 PM, <rajaramvenk at gmail.com> wrote:

> We see mirage (jagat) only due to the sun (ajnAna) not in its absence at
> night. If the presence of the world is due to ajnAnA, how can you see it
> after jnAnA has destroyed it? How can you see a pot space after the pot has
> been destroyed?
>
> I don't think you can say that there is reality or existence for the world
> and still claim to be an advaitin. The upanishadic assertion that only clay
> is real negates the reality of the pot etc. totally not in any relative
> sense.
>
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>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: balagopal ramakrishnan <rbalpal at yahoo.co.in>
> Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2013 15:10:17
> To: rajaramvenk at gmail.com<rajaramvenk at gmail.com>; A discussion group for
> Advaita Vedanta<advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org>; A discussion group
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> Reply-To: balagopal ramakrishnan <rbalpal at yahoo.co.in>
> Subject: Re: [Advaita-l] Real vs. Unreal
>
>
>
> >>>The world is not what it appears to be but the question is whether it
> has existence or not is the question.
>
>
> Yes, it has existence, Rajaram Ji (none can deny it, because we are
> experiencing it!) - but, transactionally not absolutely i.e it is ever
> changing putting one into a fix disabling him from really pin point and say
> - yes, this is it. By the time he says so it would have changed forcing him
> to say - not this - ma ya.
>
> The mistake we often make is about the 'real & unreal'. Dream is 'the
> reality' while I am in the 'dream state' - the 'dream thirst' is for
> 'real', for my throat and mouth are parched up and it's quenched when I
> drink the 'dream water' - and 'realises' its unreality on waking up. So the
> real & unreal are not absolute but relative.  Now the world I experience in
> the 'waking state' is also 'unreal' when I gain 'self knowledge'. Here the
> sublimation is in a different way. Even after the self knowledge the world
> exists as the 'mirage' is still seen after knowing the 'unreality' of the
> mirage water.  It's an understanding. As one clears the existing vasanas &
> prarabdhams in such a way that no new ones are being added, he /she will
> finally stop from falling in to this stubborn dream (samasara) again. Since
> enquiring the 'world' leads to infinite regression, it is advised to look
> for 'brahman', knowing which the unreal disappears as the darkness goes with
>  light.
>
> Regards
>
> Balagopal
>
>
>
> On Thursday, 12 December 2013 11:55 AM, "rajaramvenk at gmail.com" <
> rajaramvenk at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I think the scholars are missing my question or argument. Let me re-phrase
> for clarity. We don't need sastras or a guru to determine a. I exist or b.
> The world is not what it appears to be. My existence is self - evident to
> me. I know that a pot is clay, which in turn is made of elements, which in
> turn is form of energy. A pot is not what it appears to be. I need sastras
> only to tell me of things I can't know otherwise - the future effect of
> dharma and adharma, existence of unseen realities such as devas and Ishwara.
>
> The world is not what it appears to be but the question is whether it has
> existence or not is the question. The inevitability of the experience of a
> pot even for a jnani makes us wonder whether his conclusion that the world
> was never created and does not exist is true. If we see water on a desert
> land during summer afternoon, we will think its a mirage but if we see it
> even after the sun sets (equivalent of dawn of knowledge), will we say that
> there's no water?
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>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vidyasankar Sundaresan <svidyasankar at hotmail.com>
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> Wed, 11 Dec 2013 22:05:51
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> Subject: Re: [Advaita-l] Real vs. Unreal
>
> > H S CHANDRAMOULI
> >
> > Dear all,
> >
> > Let me add my 2 cents views on the subject of Mithya which i understand
> fro
> > VMjis mail has been discussed elaborately earlier.
> >
> > Mithya has no doubt many definitions like nonindependant, nonpermanent
> etc.
> > But i think for understanding its implications it is useful to understand
> > it as a mixture of real ( that is vastu ) and unreal ( that is a-vastu )
> > . When we see a pot we say the "pot is".When we see a cloth we say "
> cloth
> > is ". Similarly " creation is ".
>
>
>
> Yes, this mixture of the really real and the other is indeed the crucial
> meaning
> of mithyAtva. The taittirIya upanishad says, "satyaM ca anRtaM ca satyam
> abhavat. yad idaM kiM ca." Accordingly, Sankara bhagavatpAda uses the term
> "satyAnRte maithunIkRtya" in the sUtrabhAshya. What SAstra helps us do is
> to
> separate out the satya from the anRta that come to us in a mixed way in all
> our sensory experiences.
>
>
>
> Best regards,
>
> Vidyasankar
>
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